Commission Meeting

November 5, 2009 7:00 p.m.

TJPDC Offices (Large Conference Room)

401 East Water Street

1.      

Call to Order                                                                                       7:00 – 7:05

2.      

Matters from the Public                                                                      7:05 – 7:10

3.      

*Consent Agenda                                                                                 7:10 – 7:15

Minutes of October 1, 2009 Meeting click here for minutes. Minor Amendment to Regional Solid Waste Plan click here for memo and Click here for Plan

4.      

*Audit (Hantzmon Wiebel)                                                                   7:15 – 7:35

Auditors will present highlights of the FY09 audit. The Audit Committee will present their recommendation for action. Click here for Draft audit.

5.      

Broadband Initiative                                                                           7:35 – 8:20

The technical committee representing the five counties has selected DigitalBridge Communications as the provider for the Broadband project. Bill Wallace, Executive Vice President Policy and External Affairs and Jon Alcorn will make a presentation and respond to questions. The report describes the status of the Broadband Initiative.

Click here for Report

6.      

*Intergovernmental Review  Click here for IGRs                               8:20 – 8:30

7.      

*Budget (Steve Williams)                                                                      8:30 - 9:00

The Commission will consider the updated FY10 budget to use as a basis for financial reports and the FY11 budget for submission with budget requests to the localities. Click here for Memo and Click here for proposed budgets

8.      

Survey of Localities (Steve Williams)                                                  9:00 – 9:15

As part of the preparation for the Strategic Planning Retreat the Executive Director will present the results of a survey he conducted of member localities.

9.      

Energy Initiative (Steve Williams)                                                       9:15 – 9:20

Click here for the memo that describes the current status of the energy initiative and the EECBG grant process.

10.  

Commissioner Roundtable                                                                  9:20 – 9:25

Due to an oversight, there was no Roundtable topic selected at the October Meeting. Commissioners should select the topic for the next meeting.

11.  

Other Business                                                                  9:25 – 9:30

December Meeting - At the October meeting the chair asked that staff determine if there were any business items requiring a December meeting. At this point, staff does not know of any such items.

Past Topics:

• Cash Proffer Policies: 1/08
• Affordable Housing:  2/08
• Revenue Recovery for Emergency Medical Services: 3/08
• Urban Development Areas: 4/08
• Econ. Dev. Plans: 5/08
• Energy Conservation: 9/08
• Broadband: 11/08, 4/09
• Hazardous Waste: 1/09

• Emergency preparedness Part of 1/09 Agenda
• Tax relief – 2/09
• Land use tax for agriculture/forestal use – 3/09
• Employee health insurance benefits - 5/09
• Emergency Services – Fire and Rescue 6/09
• Business tax rates: 9/09
• Carbon trading - 10/09

Suggested Topics:

• Solid Waste Update
• Presentation on emissions trading
• MPO Boundaries
• Rural Tech Updates (on 4 to 6 month cycle)
• TJPDC Retreat – morning of November 12